In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, mobilized a formidable force of 70 volunteers to provide critical aid and support across several affected regions in the Caribbean. The coordinated efforts spanned multiple islands, offering much-needed relief to communities reeling from the Category […]
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Horsham members join Great British Spring Clean
Rusper is a village and civil parish located in the Horsham District with a population of over 2,000 people. The Horsham District Council is dedicated to providing a range of public services to the local residents and businesses. As part of this, they recently carried out a ‘Great British Spring Clean!’ involving litter picking and […]
OSG Kenley donate 600 meals to local foodbank
Students from OneSchool Global’s (OSG) Kenley Campus in Croydon have led a successful campaign to secure donations for Caterham Foodbank. Led by the school’s Student Leadership Team, the campaign saw the whole school community donate 256kg of items to the charity to help it provide emergency food and support to local people in crisis. The […]
RRT Food Boxes supporting storm recovery
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), in partnership with the City of Gold Coast, supplied 200 food boxes to support residents experiencing the double blows of the cost-of-living crisis and the aftermath of the devastating Christmas and New Year storms. With the assistance of the City’s Disaster Recovery Grant Program, RRT has provided Food Boxes to […]
RRT Provides Support to First Responders at Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
After the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) rapidly mobilized to provide support to first responders at the scene. Within two hours of the incident, RRT volunteers from Baltimore and Washington arrived. Volunteers delivered over 1,400 meals and refreshments to emergency services personnel across 16 agencies engaged in the […]
Dalwallinu locals thank Brethren businesses for thriving economy
Locals from Dalwallinu, a small town located in Western Australia, are grateful for their Plymouth Brethren neighbours who employ hundreds of staff and help keep the economy thriving. Kim Ray, a member of our Church, was born in Dalwallinu. He raised his six sons on the family farm before opening a mine-site engineering company that […]
Commemorating 10 years of care and compassion in action
RRT is now officially ten years old, and our members’ commitment to providing care and compassion to those in need is still as strong as it was at the start. When the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) was established by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) back in 2013, we would’ve never anticipated that one day, […]
Plymouth Brethren volunteers help rebuild fences for cyclone-affected farmers
Cyclone Gabrielle tore through the Hawke’s Bay region in New Zealand, leaving a mass of destruction in its wake, including thousands of kilometres of broken fencing. Members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church quickly came together to support and loaded nearly 100 kilometres of free fencing onto a convoy of trucks to deliver to 300 […]
PBCC members band together to deliver aid to Ukraine
In March 2022, the crisis unfolding in Ukraine gripped the world. Shortly after news broke, members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) put their compassion into action to raise funds and deliver aid directly to refugees displaced by the war. Coordinated through the charitable arm of our Church, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), […]
Meet Robbie Williams
Sit down with Robbie Williams, member of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC), as he shares his experiences working for the charitable arm of the Church, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT). Transcript: I’m Rob and I work at RRT. My role here is the warehouse manager. Rapid Relief Team is a charity, nonprofit organization, who […]